Ibson Receives Inaugural Harvey Milk Award May 23

As a co-founder of the queer studies minor, John D. Ibson, professor of American studies, will accept the inaugural Harvey Milk Day “Hope Is Never Silent” Award May 23 in the Titan Student Union. The award, presented by the LGBT and Queer Studies Center and The Center OC, recognizes Ibson's contributions to the LGBTQ community on campus and throughout Orange County. The award ceremony is part of a Harvey Milk Day event that will feature a keynote address by human rights activist and author Cleve Jones, founder of the NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt. The public is welcome to attend the free 7 p.m. event.